Cursed be the day I was born! May the
day my mother bore me not be blessed! (Jeremiah 20:14)
Jeremiah is lamenting because of the
great number of problems and persecution he is facing as a prophet of God. Some
of us, when we experience distressing problems in our lives lament like
Jeremiah: it was better if I was not born.
It's not surprising that Jeremiah is
lamenting thus because he faced a lot of rejection. Read what he says,
"For twenty-three years - from
the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day -
the word of the LORD has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,
but you have not listened." (Jeremiah 25:3)
Quite natural, I would say, his
complaining. There are wives who have tried to reason with their husbands and
parents who have tried to persuade their children to follow godly ways but
failed.
But our God is a just God. He will
not let you down. He says,
"Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor
my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on
you. (Isaiah 54:10)"
He also says,
"No weapon forged against you
will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from
me," declares the LORD. (Isaiah 54:17)"
So be strengthened this day. The Lord
loves you with an everlasting love.
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